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Simple ad lib 24-h water consumption was measured 16 days preoperatively and 60 days postoperatively in Long-Evans and Sprague-Dawley rats subjected to massive hippocampal, neocortical, or sham lesions. The only lesion effect occurred within the first 4 postoperative days, as hippocampal albinos drank more water than the control Ss. After adjusting for initial preoperative strain differences through covariance procedures, albino rats, irrespective of brain damage, consumed significantly more water than the hooded Ss for the first 16 days postoperatively. The results are contrasted with previous studies and discussed in terms of the role played by the hippocampus in mediating drinking behavior.
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Boitano, J.J., Abel, H.G., Heine, G.J. et al. Effects of hippocampal lesions on the water consumption of hooded and albino rats. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 1, 81–83 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333347
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